Fantastic Beasts 2 Gets Callum Turner as Newt's Brother

Just days afterJude Lawcame aboard to play the newAlbus DumbledoreinFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, another pivotal character has been cast.Callum Turnerhas signed on to play the brother ofEddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander. While no details have been given about the character yet, he will join a cast that also includesJohnny Deppas the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. It remains to be seen how many more major character roles need to be filled....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · James Brown

Frasier Reboot Originally Wanted David Hyde Pierce's Niles Back as a Main Character

The showrunners behind the recentFrasierrevival, Joe Cristalli and Chris Harris, have revealed that the original plan was to reunite Kelsey Grammer’s Frasier Crane with David Hyde Pierce’s Niles Crane and would have centered on the beloved pair running a theater. Speaking withVulture, Cristalli offered further details of their initial intention to bring Pierce back as Niles, but following the actor’s decision not to return (“He’s not the bad guy in this, and he was so lovely about it”) things quickly changed....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Lisa Turner MD

Friday Night Lights: 11 Characters We Miss the Most, Ranked

Friday Night Lightsis a drama series that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the best high school football teams in the nation, and their head coach Eric Taylor. Starring Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, and Zach Gilford, the series ran from 2006 to 2011. The series took America’slove for football, and provided viewers with a look into what it’s like to be a part of that sport.Each episode was filledwith football references, butFriday Night Lightsgo into far beyond just football....

August 20, 2025 · 7 min · 1401 words · Adrian Maldonado

Game of Thrones Final Season Teased in Bud Light Super Bowl Commercial

Game of Thronesfans were treated to a secretSuper Bowlcommercial with Bud Light. There is no footage from the upcoming Season 8, which is the final season for the series. However, the Mountain makes a gruesome appearance and so does a giant dragon. It’s a very clever ad that works from Bud Light’s previous promotional campaign that was heavily inspired by the hit HBO series. Super Bowl53 has been on fire with their commercials released thus far, and the latestGame of Thronesad literally brings the fire....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Heidi Whitehead

Ghostbusters Reboot Director Accepts Inclusion Rider Challenge

Paul Feigand his production company will be adopting an inclusion rider on future projects. Frances McDormand made a big splash at the Academy Awards this year. Not just because she won a Best Actress Oscar for her work inThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, but also because she made everyone in Hollywood aware of the inclusion rider. Now, several major players in the industry have heard her call to action and have decided to include the rider on their projects, with Feig’s Feigco Entertainment the latest to jump on board....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Eric Davis

How Scream Changed the Face of Horror

While films likePsychoandBlack Christmasmay have been early slasher hits, the genre began to really take shape in the late ’70s and early ’80s. When films such asHalloweenandFriday the 13thjump-started the slasher genre,horrorbecame inescapable from the public eye. Between merchandise and the largest influx of new films the genre had seen to date, horror icons were the new pop culture craze. However, the genre began a steady decline as the ’90s began and progressed....

August 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1195 words · Johnny Haynes

Hugh Jackman Teases Huge Announcement, Is He Returning as Wolverine?

Hugh Jackmanis set to make a huge announcement later this week, but what’s it going to be? That’s the million dollar question right now, though speculation has already started circulating online. Perhaps merely hopeful speculation that Jackman may be bringing out the claws for another go asWolverine. While we’ll dig into the likelihood of that in a moment, here’s what Jackman had to say on Twitter while posting a clip fromThe Today Show, where he’ll be appearing as a guest this week to make said announcement....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Brittany Garcia

IT Opening Scene Arrives to Terrorize Your Halloween

A whole lot of ink has been spilled at this point singing the praises ofIT. In a year filled with new Stephen King adaptations,ITis arguably the best (though,Gerald’s Gamemight have something to say about that) and by far the most successful. Seriously, it isn’t even remotely close. Now, as the movie heads into its eighth week at the box office, the opening scene fromIT, which features Bill Skarsgard’s introduction as Pennywise, has officially been released online....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Maria Brown

James Franco Faces Sexual Abuse Accusations from 5 Women

James Francowore aTime’s Uppin while he accepted the Golden Globe award for Best Actor late last week, so women began to speak up about his sexual inappropriate behavior on Twitter.Breakfast Clubstar Ally Sheedy was one of the women to first question why Franco won an award, but was cryptic in her since deleted tweets. Aspiring filmmaker Violet Paley then came forward and accused James Franco of sexual misconduct, as well as actress Sarah Tither-Kaplan....

August 20, 2025 · 4 min · 716 words · Brooke Sanchez

Jenna Ortega & The Weeknd's 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Gets Digital Release Date

Hurry Up Tomorrow, which stars Jenna Ortega, Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, and Barry Keoghan, failed to light up the box office orimpress criticswhen it theaters earlier this year. However, the psychological thriller will look for redemption as it heads to digital streaming platforms this month. According to Lionsgate,Hurry Up Tomorrowwill be available to rent or buy on premium digital on-demand platforms starting Jun. 6. Directed byTrey Edward Shults(Waves,It Comes at Night),Hurry Up Tomorrowfeatures original music from The Weeknd and follows a musician (Tesfaye) who meets a young woman (Ortega) who flips his world upside down....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 536 words · Nicole Wilson

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Super Bowl Commercial Cuts Helicopter After Kobe Bryant's Death

A helicopter has been removed from John Legend and Chrissy Teigen’s Super Bowl commercial in the wake ofKobe Bryant’s death. The NBA legend passed away last Sunday in a helicopter crash that also killed his 13-year old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers. The helicopter removal isn’t the first edit to a Super Bowl commercial this year in reference to Bryant’s death. Planters Peanuts decided to pull their death of Mr....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Aaron Payne

Joker Origin Movie Begins Shooting This Fall

TheJoker origin movieis still happening and it looks like the DC flick is set to begin filming this fall. We first reported of the project in August of last year, which comes fromThe Hangoverdirector Todd Phillips and has Martin Scorsese on board as a producer. The movie has been coming together behind the scenes at Warner Bros. and it appears as though we’re close to cameras rolling withJoaquin Phoenixreportedly on board to portray the Clown Prince of Crime....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Kristopher Bennett

Jumanji 2 Preview Pays Tribute to Robin William's Original Classic

Sony Pictures has released a new preview forJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which features interviews with the stars, shedding light on their characters and this unique story. When this project was first announced, it was believed to be aJumanji reboot, but Dwayne Johnson quickly made sure fans knew that wasn’t the case. This movie actually follows the story set in motion 22 years ago by the original, which starred Robin Williams as Dr....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Jeffrey Maldonado